Q: Is 169,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 169,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 169,840 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 169840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 40 44 55 80 88 110 176 193 220 386 440 772 880 965 1,544 1,930 2,123 3,088 3,860 4,246 7,720 8,492 10,615 15,440 16,984 21,230 33,968 42,460 84,920 and 169,840, with no remainder.

Since 169,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 169,840, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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